Pelosi: Gore Canceled D.C. Trip to be 'Energy Efficient'

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Patricia Murphy

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Although Al Gore had been scheduled to appear in the Capitol with Nancy Pelosi today to stump for House passage of the climate change bill, Pelosi called Gore last night to cancel. Why?

At a press conference today, Pelosi explained, "It's a question of what was energy efficient for the Vice President. We were narrowing the list of the undecideds and thought that perhaps another occasion we could call upon his time to come here and be, as I say, more energy efficient for us to coordinate our efforts from Tennessee for him and Washington, D.C. for us because we, as I say, we had a great narrowing of the undecideds yesterday."

The Capitolist has heard many reasons for cancellations, but "energy efficiency" is a first. Video below...

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